We’ve reached the end of a week, as the world spins and some of us ponder what other level of chaos will happen next. And that’s just staring into my mug of coffee.
However, it is Saturday, I’m in a different time zone, and it must be time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
Take a wild guess where I am at the moment. No pressure at all. (State Street and the Chicago Theatre – Chicago)
Loyalty (or lack thereof)
- Scandinavian Airlines launches an up to *23 Month* Status Match – If you missed out on Royal Jordanian’s match, this could be an easy pick-up.
- ITA Airways prepares to sunset Volare and switch to Miles & More – Until all are Lufthansa’s
New Aircraft News
- Atlas Air Worldwide signs for the Airbus A350F – 20 on the way
- Singapore lessor Avation signs for further ATR Turboprops – another five ATR72-600s
- AerCap submits further order for 100 new Airbus A321neo aircraft… with Frontier set to benefit – with more engines leased too
IFE+C
- Vueling deploys free onboard entertainment with Viasat – and 15 minutes of free in-flight Wi-Fi
- EgyptAir Airbus A350-900 enters service with Pansonics Avionics IFE solutions – And it looks pretty with Astrova
- British Airways operates its first flights equipped with Starlink connectivity – 787-8 fleet first on the install board
Passenger Experience
- Luthansa finally gains certification for most of its Boeing 787-9 Allegris business class seats – Finally.
Routes and Networks
- British Airways plans new long-haul routes, with service boosts to match – Welcome back, Melbourne and Colombo.
Trains
- ScotRail to lease Class 222 Trains to replace existing High Speed Trains – It’s almost the final curtain for the Intercity 125
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
I’ll be heading back to the United Kingdom early next week, so I’m hoping to have a semi-normal service. As such, Monday and Tuesday might be light on content (we’ll be on pre-written stuff, to put it bluntly), with a normal return to service on Wednesday (well, whatever counts as normal on this blog).
I’ve got some consumer news lined up, a little bit of passenger experience, and who knows, a snapshot of the state of American Airlines transatlantic economy class out of Heathrow… depending on a lot of other things.
Or how bored I get on the coach home.
So, until next week, wherever you are – happy landings!
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